§ SIR WILLIAM WEDDERBURN (Banffshire)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India if he could state what is the total cost of the establishment maintained by the clerk of the Insolvency Court, at Bombay, out of his fees; and, if, as stated by the Secretary of State for India, the clerk pays the cost of the establishment out of his fees, he could explain why Rs.4,438 per annum is shown in the Civil Estimates, 1897–8, Vol. II., Bombay, page 78, as paid by the Government for the establishment of the clerk of the Insolvency Court.
§ LORD G. HAMILTONThe total cost of the establishment maintained by the clerk of the Insolvency Court at Bombay out of his fees was stated in 1895 at Rs.2,194 per annum. This is in addition to 915 the sum of Rs.4,374 (in 1895) contributed by Government. I did not state in my previous answer that the clerk paid the cost of the whole establishment out of his fees. What I said was that out of the fees he receives "he meets certain charges for establishment."